Email info@georgiacarry.org for any questions, comments or to contact the author. Most of the time you will get one of 4 outcomes: If the GBI (not the probate court or county sheriff) has told you that the FBI (NCIC) is processing your background check , the method to check with them is very similar to the GBI. If they are still waiting on any portion to be returned, ask them for the ORI number that was included with the fingerprints. Copyright 2007-2009 GeorgiaCarry.Org Inc. Sometimes it is the City Police. No record found. is actually quite easy to find out the status of your background check with the GBI, if you have the right information. GBI (GCIC) at 404-244-2639. If they have all your information and will still not issue your license and you are a member of GCO, contact us about it. In both cases you should call the agency that took your fingerprints and make sure you are using the right ORI number and if it is find out exactly when they sent in your prints. USA Carry has provided essential concealed carry resources since 2007, such as our Concealed Carry Maps, Concealed Carry Info by State, Firearm Forums as well as Concealed Carry and Firearm-Related articles, reviews, news and more. When the Georgia Court of Appeals decided the Moore v. Cranford case, it determined delays “that reasonably may be attributed to the investigative process” could delay the issuance of the license beyond the 60 day maximum set forth in the licensing statute (though now that decision has been blunted by the July 2008 change in the law shortening the time span and allowing applicants to file a mandamus action in court to force the judge to issue the license). If so you will just have to be patient. GBI is working on it currently. In some cases, you may receive it while you wait or be required to return to the Permits … If so then you need to skip to #5 and call the local LEA (unless you used the ORI number of the Probate court instead of the Sheriff or Police, if so skip to #6). The good news is that for ink prints their “backlog” average is 20 days, 30 being the max. If so you need to continue on to #4. Fingerprint cards are submitted to the GBI with the name of the person to whom the fingerprints belong and the ORI number so the GBI knows where to return the results. Matt Knighten is the Secretary of GeorgiaCarry.Org, Inc., and the owner of www.georgiapacking.org. If everything has arrived, ask them if the report was sent to the probate court yet and if so, when that was. Check with the FBI. 2. There is a backlog at the GBI (and/or FBI). Other Probate Courts will take their time. They should be able to tell you where they are in the process or what date it was completed. 5. The Permits Unit processes criminal history/background checks for the state of Georgia only for a charge of $20. Without both pieces of information the GBI will not be able to locate the status. Well, most of the time the local Law Enforcement Agency (the agency that took your fingerprints) is the County Sheriff. © 2018 GeorgiaCarry.org, All rights reserved. Also, most of the time that same agency is also the agency where all the fingerprint and background check reports are returned. Who is your local Law Enforcement Agency (LEA)? Check with the local Law Enforcement Agency. Please note that GCO believes that if the Probate courts followed the law as written and intended, that this sheet should not need to exist (even barring that, keeping track of the status should be the duty of the Probate court and local Law Enforcement Agency, instead of the fee-paying applicant). The response you get from them will either be that your license is ready (“in the mail”) or something similar to the following: If you have been told after 50 days your license still was not ready, and maybe even told to not call back for another month or two, here is how to find the status of your background check (something a few probate clerks have claimed is not possible). (You may be eligible for a renewal license, but cannot renew by mail.) If it has been more than 50 business days since you applied for a license, the first thing you should do is to call the Probate Court (Minimum time before calling should be 45 days, however anything over 50 days warrants a call and over 3 months demands a call). http://www.georgiapacking.org/ori/Georgia_Sheriff_ORI.pdf. Once you have the ORI number (correct way to say it for Oconee County � GA1080000 would be: G-A-One-Zero-Eight-Zero-Zero-Zero-Zero) and the name of the applicant, call the Contact us: Matt Knighten is the Secretary of GeorgiaCarry.Org, Inc., and the owner of, http://www.georgiapacking.org/ori/Georgia_Sheriff_ORI.pdf, Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership. Mr. Knighten was also the Georgia Administrator on Packing.org. 4. Sometimes it is the Probate Court (although there is nothing in the statute authorizing the Probate Court to run background checks directly). GBI and FBI checks have already been returned (make sure you get the date they were returned). Some Probate Courts do not use the background check procedure described in this document in which case you will have to jump through a few more hoops to get all the information you need. To check the status of a license, please enter the nine (9) digit Georgia driver's license number below. If you have been told that both your GBI and FBI fingerprint checks have been completed and returned, check in again with the local Law Enforcement Agency for an update. Your Georgia Weapons Carry License expired on its face more than 120 days ago (per the Governor’s Declaration) Your Georgia Weapons Carry License was issued in another county, other than Cobb. Please note that this service is only available for licenses issued by the State of Georgia. Check back with the local Law Enforcement Agency. In those counties, within 2 or 3 days, (if your license was approved) yours will quickly be signed and laminated. Lost or Stolen Weapons Carry License or Name / Address Change Applications To apply for a replacement weapons carry license that has been stolen or lost, please complete the form below, print, sign before a notary public, and mail the application with a money order in the amount of $6.00 made payable to the Probate Court. Ask them if they have received everything. By law that wait should be no later than 44 days from the date of application. However until the General Assembly fully changes the law, there will be a need for this information. It usually takes about 4-6 weeks for the FBI to complete the entire fingerprint check process. Using the same ORI number and applicant name that you used to get the information from the GBI, call the FBI (NCIC) at 304-625-5590. In that case either a different ORI number is being used or your prints have not been submitted yet. Regardless of whether you were told the FBI or the GBI is the holdup, call the GBI first. Ask your local LEA about the status of your check. Unfortunately some counties take much longer. If the GBI (not the probate court or county sheriff) has told you that the FBI (NCIC) is processing your background check , the method to check with them is very similar to the GBI. The ORI number is the ID of that local LEA and is how the GBI and FBI know to what agency they should return the information to. Georgia Driving License Number : It Some probate courts will hurry as much as they can when they finally get the overdue background check report. We have all had to wait to receive our Georgia Firearms License. Now that you know that the probate court is supposed to have all the information at hand, it is time to call and find out what they are doing. GBI check is done but either the FBI check is not finished or status is unknown. Using the same ORI number and applicant name that you used to get the information from the GBI, call the FBI (NCIC) at 304-625-5590. It should only take a couple days for the information to be returned to the local LEA once the processes have been completed. Beginning September 9, 2020 the Clayton County Probate Court will accept new weapons carry license applications at the Probate Court offices, on a walk-in basis for a limited time, Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., until November 20, 2020 at 121 South McDonough Street, Annex Building 3, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236.

So, how do you know whether your delay “reasonably may be attributed to the investigative process?” GCO has determined that the following tools are helpful in making that determination. Criminal history/background checks will be completed within three business days. The Sheriff has not returned your information. If they claim they have not arrived, give them the dates when they were finished as supplied by the GBI (and possibly FBI). The ORI numbers of the Sheriff�s departments can be found here: